Can crowdfunding help build a canal? A village in parched Marathwada begins on a journey, trickle by trickle

Is crowdfunding, a concept gradually gaining roots in India, only helpful for start-up entrepreneurs? Ganesh Kharade, a farmer in Horti village in drought-hit Marathwada certainly doesn?t think so.
That?s why, instead of aimlessly waiting for the monsoon rains, which are yet to reach the coast of Kerala, he, along with farmers in his village, enlisted the help of an NGO to finance the rebuilding of a canal through crowdfunding. For a region reeling under severe drought conditions, Kharade understands how vital this year?s monsoon is for preservation of rain water.
?Because of the drought situation, all our wells and bore holes are dried-up. For drinking also, we are bringing water through water tankers from far away places. If it rains nicely, then there will be a huge difference,? says Kharade, whose village, Horti, falls in Osmanabad district of Maharashtra.
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